Category: Announcement

With the conclusion of the Xtiv Series 4, the final listing of the top 32 players for the Ladies and U12 categories that qualify for the Knock Out Stage has been finalized. For the Open and U18 categories, the listing is being confirmed and once that is done, it will be shared later this weekend…

With tomorrow being the last day to register for Series 1, a bit of update on the field of play and the number of players playing in the event. As of at 8:00pm earlier today, a total of 54 players have signed up for the U12 category, another 16 for the Ladies event and 32…

After 3 days of play and 9 rounds later, the ASIAN Schools for the Girls Category came to an end yesterday with a commendable show of performance by our Girls. Most impressive was the U15 Girls Team comprised of WFM Agnes Chong Kai NI, Swetha Thamil Manni, Janice Lim and Teh Yi-Lynn who did very…

With 24 countries and 358 players taking part in 6 age categories, Malaysia was the 5th largest Girls contingent to the Online event with 37 players playing in 5 different age groups. There was no representative for Malaysia in the U7 Girls age group as there was no players interested to take up the spot.…

With the pandemic continuing into its 4th wave in most countries around the world resulting in many major over-the-board events continue to be postponed or cancelled, FIDE announces its intention to proceed with the 2nd edition of the Online Olympiad scheduled to be held starting in August 2021. In the first edition that was organized…

With the on again-off again MCO enforcement continuing in much of Malaysia, the Malaysian Chess federation has decided to cancel the Over-The-Board FT Classical Chess Championship and opt for the more practical Online mode. The event is now called the FT Online Chess Festival 2021 which will run for 6 weeks from 31st July 2021…

It was a daunting task as the Selection Committee had to evaluate more than 170 junior applicants who are eager to don National colors to the ASIAN School Chess Championships 2021 to be held later this month via Online platform. With a very tight dateline to meet, the Malaysian Chess Federations are still waiting for…

According to FIDE World Cup history, even some Grandmasters were not able to pass through the first round of the World Cup and with that, while the effort was valiant, our Malaysian pair of FM Sumant Subramaniam and WIM Puteri Munajjah Az-Zahraa can hold their head high for having put up their best effort at…

It was a good start for WIM Puteri Munajjah Az Zahraa who was able to hold her own and secured a first round draw against her much higher rated opponent – Spain’s WGM Ana Matnadze It was a nail biting finish that took more than 4 hours to complete and in the end, despite having…